St Josemaria is a good guide to the many places in Rome that he himself visited to draw faith from the witness of the early Christians. This collection reveals the main traces of the history of the Catholic Church that are to be found in [...]Tags: Places in Rome, Early Christians, Rome

Further documents relating to St Josemaria’s life and teachings can be downloaded from the web as follows.
HOMILIES
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The Church
"Loyalty to the Church", published in the book In Love with the Church
"A Priest Forever", published in In Love with the Church
Advent
"The Christian Vocation", a homily given [...]Tags: History, Places in Rome, Prayer

A place of prayer, housing the mortal remains of Saint Josemaría Escrivá
The mortal remains of Saint Josemaría Escrivá are contained in a casket located beneath the altar of the Church of Our Lady of Peace. Millions of people throughout the world turn to Saint Josemaría’s [...]Tags: Church, Places in Rome, Opus Dei prelature, Our Lady, Our Lady of Peace, Rome

Click here to download the complete the tour in pdf format.St John Lateran.
During the first centuries, because of persecutions, celebration of the Eucharist and instruction in the faith took place in private houses, which some Christian families – usual those who were better off and [...]Tags: Apostolate, Baptism, Places in Rome, Opus Dei, Early Christians

A group of some 20 Malaysian Catholics attended the canonization of Josemaria Escriva. A Malaysian newspaper, The Sunday Star, published a brief article on the day of the canonization ceremony to commemorate the event.
KUALA LUMPUR: A group of about 20 Malaysians Catholics is attending [...]Tags: Canonization, Places in Rome, The Will of God

Canonizations have always been a real feast for the Church. The people who attend canonization ceremonies are filled with joy, and it shows in their happy faces, exchanges of hugs and greetings, and their songs. As theologian José Luis Illanes says, “Every canonization begins from [...]Tags: Canonization, Church, Pope John Paul II, Places in Rome

The memory of St Paul
Among the first Christians at Rome were disciples of St Paul, as is evident from the long list of greetings at the end of the Letter to the Romans. On the Aventine Hill in Rome lived Aquila and Prisca or Priscilla, [...]Tags: Places in Rome, Early Christians, Proselytism

The Via Appia
In the year 312 B.C. the Senator Appius Claudius was appointed Censor of the Republic of Rome. During his term of office he undertook many major reforms and public works, but history remembers him principally for the construction of the road that [...]Tags: Places in Rome, Early Christians

Download The Holy Cross in Jerusalem in pdf format
Among the Jews it was not permitted to bury executed criminals in the common cemetery, and this was one reason why the Body of Jesus was taken to a private tomb, given by Joseph of Arimathea (cf. [...]Tags: Cross, Places in Rome, Holy Week